About Can’t Help Falling in Love#
Elvis Presley recorded this ballad for his 1961 film Blue Hawaii, and it became one of his signature numbers, often the song he used to close a concert. The melody is borrowed from “Plaisir d’amour,” a French love song written by Jean-Paul-Egide Martini in the 1780s, given new English words by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss.
The arrangement here climbs a little higher than most of our contemporary tabs, reaching a high E in the “like a river flows” phrase. That top note is the part to watch on a 6-hole ocarina, since it wants a firmer breath without tipping sharp. Everything else stays in the friendly middle register.
Can’t Help Falling in Love Ocarina Tab#
| FWise | Cmen | Fsay | Gonl | A-y | A#fools | Arush | Gin | ||
| CBut | DI | Ecan't | Fhelp | Gfall | A-ing | A#in | Alove | Gwith | Fyou |
| FShall | CI | Fstay? | GWould | Ait | A#be | Aa | Gsin? | ||
| CIf | DI | Ecan't | Fhelp | Gfall | A-ing | A#in | Alove | Gwith | Fyou? |
| ELike | Aa | Criv | E-er | Dflows | Esure | A-ly | Cto | Ethe | Dsea |
| EDar | A-ling | Cso | Eit | Dgoes | |||||
| CSome | Cthings | Aare | Cmeant | Ato | A#be | ||||
| FTake | Cmy | Fhand, | GTake | Amy | A#whole | Alife | Gtoo | ||
| CFor | DI | Ecan't | Fhelp | Gfall | A-ing | A#in | Alove | Gwith | Fyou |
| CLike | Da | Eriv | F-er | Gflows | Asure | A#-ly | Ato | Gthe | Fsea |